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Baker Tilly Canada is an entrepreneurial accounting network that fosters a meaningful career and the opportunity to influence tomorrow for your clients, your profession and your community. We are proud to be an independent member of Baker Tilly Canada! Our member firms have 50 offices and 1,500 employees from coast to coast, and we are one of the country’s largest associations of chartered professional accounting firms.

Baker Tilly Catalyst is currently looking for an experienced, motivated and client-driven individual to join our growing team as Tax Manager. We are seeking a candidate to assist us in providing service excellence, ensuring all aspects of our clients’ needs are met and exceeded by offering an outstanding environment to continue developing your career by providing challenging and rewarding opportunities, while working in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Roles and Responsibilities include:

• Contribute to the leadership of the tax practice.
• Business development and relationship building with prospective and existing clients.
• Identification of new tax planning applications and dissemination of information to prospective and existing clients.
• Implement and oversee tax planning engagements
• Provide leadership and mentoring to staff members
• Staying current on Canadian tax legislation
• Creation and documentation of internal processes for efficiency and risk management purposes; review of internal processes for improvement.
• Ongoing technical and research support.

A successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience in a public accounting firm.
• A commitment to learning in a tax environment.
• Historical success attracting new clients and/or managing existing client relationships to generate tax planning work.
• Technical knowledge of tax planning for Canadian private companies and their shareholders, including corporate structuring and reorganizations, family trusts, remuneration planning and sale planning.
• Research, analytical and problem identification skills
• Computer skills including Caseware and Taxprep.
• Ability to convey complex concepts to clients, prospects and internal staff.
• Experience in coaching and developing staff.
• Excellent attention to detail, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication, project management and organizational skills
• Strong understanding of a client-focused environment including organizational skills to handle multiple projects with conflicting timelines and the ability to work to meet those deadlines.
• Sound judgment regarding confidential and sensitive matters.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong work ethic and the ability to work independently and as part of a team

 Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business-related field
• CPA license or equivalent
• Completion of the CPA In-Depth Course or Master’s in taxation
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in public accounting with an emphasis on taxation and/or private client taxation. Most recent years should include experience in managing client engagements.
• Proficient in entity (partnerships, corporations, trusts) and individual taxation
• Familiar with trust and estate taxation
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to work in a collaborative team and handle multiple tasks simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years’ experience in a Tax Manager role within a Public Practice firm

What's in it for you?

Recently included on the 2020 Forbes list of Canada’s Best Employers, Baker Tilly Canada is highly rated among our employees because we provide a vibrant, fulfilling professional culture. When you join us, you can expect:

• Rewarding opportunities at every stage of your career
• Challenging and varied assignments
• Competitive compensation, incentives and rewards
• Professional networking and mentoring programs
• A dynamic, entrepreneurial environment
• A leadership team committed to your success
• To engage with leading experts and colleagues across Canada and the world
• To contribute to your community and unique Be True experiences
• The opportunity to influence tomorrow for clients, community and the profession

If you’re entrepreneurial by nature and want a career that is true to who you are and who you want to be, join our team at Baker Tilly Canada.